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Over the past two days ash clouds from the errupting volcano on Iceland under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, has been disrupting European flights. Below you will find some excellent links and useful information, very interesting cloud maps, photos, and video regarding this.

These are great to show the class using an interactive whiteboard or data projector, really bring the news into perspective and incorporates geography too.

Quick Facts:
-Eyjafjallajokull is a small glacier located in south-west Iceland.
-The glacier covers an area of about 100 sq km (39 sq miles).
-The volcano is 1,666 meters or 5,466 ft in height, under the icecap.
-The crater of the volcano has a diameter of 3-4 km (1.9-2.5 miles) .
-The last time the volcano erupted was between 1821 and 1823.

Cloud Map
http://metoffice.com/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1271309704.png
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/iceland-volcano-plume.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43252

Articles:
National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100415-volcanic-ash-cancels-flights-airports-airline-europe-iceland-volcano/

BBC News Article & Video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8621407.stm

New Scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/04/paul-marks-technology-correspo.html

Amazing Video from the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8578576.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8586442.stm


I hope you find these links as interesting as I do. Also if you wish to learn more about Iceland and Europe please try our Know Your Europe software.

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Know Your Europe 2.1 is now available to download from our website. We are currently updating our website and will be moving over to www.edwarelearning.com by the end of the year, but before the launch of the new site you can download the Know Your Europe (30 Day Trial) below.

Try Know Your Europe 2.1 today and learn all about Europe and the EU.

Download Know Your Europe - Home Edition or the School Edition (30 day trial), both files are 52.1 MB in size and are compressed zip files.

Know Your Europe helps people of all ages to develop and expand their knowledge of European geography through quizzes, puzzles and games.

Know Your Europe is excellent for classroom teaching and works great with an interactive whiteboard, but is also excellent for group work, or one-on-one.

Labels: Know Your Europe, News

We are currently recording a series of videos of our software in use on an Interactive Whiteboard. Once these video are posted on YouTube we will update here, our software works great with all interactive whiteboards, version 1.6 now includes advance features designed with this in mind.

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Geography Awareness Week 2009 will be titled "EUROPE BEYOND BORDERS" and will run November 15-21.

To find out more visit the National Geographic, Geography Action website.

Know Your Europe will be available from August 2009 and will be the perfect partner for schools and home to learn all about Europe and the EU. Keep posted here for the latest information and follow us on twitter @edwarelearning

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I am very happy to say that Know Your Europe will be available in the Summer of 2009. Some of the excellent topics covered in Know Your Europe include:

• About Europe (includes satellite photos)
• UN Regions
• Countries
• Capital Cities
• Major Cities
• Mountains
• Rivers
• Lakes
• Islands
• Oceanography

We have also added the following features which greatly improve the learning experience:

• High quality, printable maps of each country.
• Over 100 photos from across Europe.
• Excellent printable worksheets.
• Fifty Countries of Europe, including Microstates.
• Updated with Kosovo and Montenegro.
• Google Earth and Wikipedia/CIA WorldBook web links.

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